noncommunicable
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Definition
Adjective: - Not transmissible; not able to be spread from one person or organism to another: Describes a disease or condition that cannot be transmitted or communicated between individuals through any means (e.g., direct contact, airborne particles, vectors).
Usage
This adjective is used almost exclusively in medical and public health contexts to classify diseases. It typically modifies nouns like "disease," "condition," or "illness." - Noncommunicable diseases are a major focus of modern healthcare systems. - Heart disease is a leading example of a noncommunicable condition.
Examples
- Adjective:
- Diabetes and most cancers are considered noncommunicable illnesses.
- Public health campaigns aim to reduce the risk factors for noncommunicable diseases.
- The rise in noncommunicable conditions is often linked to lifestyle factors.
Advanced Usage
- Epidemiological Classification: In formal contexts, "noncommunicable" is a key category alongside "communicable" and "infectious" diseases.
- The global burden of disease is shifting from communicable to noncommunicable causes.
Variants and Related Words
- Non-communicable (adjective): An alternative spelling with a hyphen. The meaning is identical.
- NCD (noun): A common acronym for "noncommunicable disease."
- The WHO has a dedicated department for the prevention and control of NCDs.
Synonyms
- Non-transmissible: Not capable of being passed on.
- Non-infectious: Not caused by an infectious agent or not capable of causing infection in others.
- Non-contagious: Not spread by direct or indirect contact.
Antonyms
- Communicable: (Of a disease) able to be transmitted from one person or organism to another.
- Infectious: Caused by or capable of being spread by infection.
- Contagious: (Of a disease) spread from one person or organism to another by direct or indirect contact.
- Transmissible: Capable of being passed on.
Adjective
- (of disease) not capable of being passed on